Perambulator, baby carriage, and like vehicle



F. H. HEADLEY PERAMBULATOR, BABY CARRIAGE, AND LIKE VEHICLE March 30 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed August 18, 1922 March 30,1926. 1,578,516

F. H. HEADLEY PERAMBULATOR, BABY CARRIAGE, AND LIKE VEHICLE Filed August 18, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 30, 1926.

UNITED, srArEs PATENT forric E.

- 3 FREDERICK HAGGEB HEADLEY, or BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, assreivon r TANS'AD LIMITED, or BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, A oonr'osarionor GREAT BBITAiN.

PERAMBULATOR, BABY oAsnIAea-mw LIKE wanes;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnnnnion Haocna IIEADLEY, 'a subject of the Kingdom of GreahBritain, residing at Birmingham,"

England, have invented Improvements Relating to Perambulators, Baby-Carriages,

and like Vehicles, of'which the following is a specification. 1 I

The present invention has relation-to perambulators, baby carriages, and like vehicle s, either of the folding or rigid (permanently extended) type and has for its object to provide improved wheel engaging means for preventingxthe vehicle from inadvertently running or travellingwhen left unattended, l q a According to the present invention I'provide means adapted to engage a wheel of the vehicle and be operated froini thehandle frame or other suitablepart of the vehicle conveniently at anelevated position whereby it is easy of manipulation and where it V explanatory sheet of drawings, upon F gures 1 and 2'lllustrate 1n elovationa will be easily kept clean.

The wheel engaging means is operated through the medium of a small hand lever pivoted to thehandle proper of the vehlcle, and adaptedto be brought over a dead centre position tOQretain said means in engagement with thewheel; a

In order that this invention maybe clearly understood and readily carried intopracticc, reference may be'had to the-appended suitable position 3 along itsflength a brake link 4: adapted at its lower extremity to bear upon the tire of the wheel 5 or otherwise suitably engage the wheel. Conveniently the lower extremity of this brake linkis curved to a channel formation at 6 to engage the said tires. This brakelink isfurther connected to the lower part of the handle upright 2 aforesaid by small eiiinect engaging means accordingto one form of the present Application fi led. August 18, 1922, Serial No, 582,727;

ing'link 7, anda helical spring may be incorporated between the said brake link and the handle upright tending to disengage thel nk portion Gfrom the;wheel although 7 this spring is in no way essential and is not illustrated, The hand lever 1 may be held in the out of use position' as shewn in F igv ure 1 by a pivotal ring 8'.

In operation the hand clever- 1 whichis drsposedachacent the upper extrem ties of the'handle upright 2 is moved through a suitable angle preferably substantially, 180 degrees or slightly less until its pivot point '3 with the brake link 4 is movedbeyond a center line passing through. thepivot point 1 10 'of the handle 1 and the pivot point 9 on a I the brake'linkand this jimannerthe said I hand lever-1' is drawn over its dead-center and the link-portionLGis automatically *re--'-, tamed in engagement with the wheel. This? engagement 1s further assisted by the spring mounting 11 0f the wheels5 in relation toy;

the frame 12 of the vehicle inasmuch as the appllcation of the wheel engaglng means tends to strain the said spr ngmountmgs 11.

The foregoing mechanism although suitable for a rigid perambulator' is particularly adapted for use in, connection witha collapsible perambulator such as that illustrated in the Figures 1 and 2, in which the handle proper-2 is adapted to fold into; ad

jacenoy with, the .fr'arnelZ; The;mechanismv v in the present in'stance,1noves in unison with the handle and lies adjace nt thereto. when the handle collapsed.

In another embodiment of adapted to be pivoted: to the handle proper 2 as before isadapted to operate small bellcrank' lever 13, 1 4 pivoted ;at 15 to the lower part of the handle proper 7 p p the present in vention (Figure-B) ajsmall handlever 1- see wheels 5, by thev operationof the, hand lever 1 whioh is passedover the dead centre posi- A' helical or other spring may be employed to hold the brake in the operative position with handle-1 over dead centre that is said spring normally tion as hereinbefore.

tends to take brake off er a ring 81 may be employed for seen the saidhandle In another mama] of thepresentie- I I vention. (Figure t) a hand lever 1' pivoted to the handle proper 2 of the vehicle "is adapted to operate a bifurcated or forked structure 17 which has a SlidingLCOIlllGCtl-OH Witha fixed element 18 attached to the lower part of the handlebar proper 2. i The outer extremity of the limbs of thls forked or bifurcated element- 17 are curved inwardly and adapted to cooperate with the spokes of the Wheels or embrace the tire and the 7' opposite extremitie 'soft the limbs are pivoted or otherwise secured to a connecting link e 19 \vliich is connected to the hand lever l.

By operatingthe hand =lever'1 the limbs 17 Ofthe fork can he closed and opened to engageand disengage the Wheel 5. The lever *1 may have a projecting. part 20 adapted to bear against the handle 2 When lever l is moved over a dead centreypositiont A heli'calor other spring may be employed tendfingtohold'lever l'over its dead centre position -i. ,e. tending normally to take brake on. In another embodiment out the present invention (Figure 5) the hand lever l amt a connecting element 21 pivoted thereto may fbeadapted to operate a brake arm 22 which has apivota l'connection With the handle upright or as shown with the frame 12 at 24 ofthe baby carriage. I ment is retained in engagement-With the Wheel in any of the manners of'dead' centre the hand lever.

movement altoresaidin cooperation with a suitable sprlng "tending to WltllCllitW' the brake.

In a further modification of the'present invention the operating mechanism may be contained within one of the hollow tubes 1 of the handle proper 2 of the vehicle. The hand lever 1 may however in any instance be attached to any suitablepart of the ve- 'hicle suchas the frame organ extension thereof in lieu ofthe handle; or-the body of the vehicle may in some instancescarry.

The hand lever may the adapted to move in" a plane corresponding to the length of the veh-icleor in a plane at right angles the'r'etoi "Obviously thejcoin ,stru'ction of the braking mechanism may be varied considerably Withoutdeparting from the spiritof the invention; a

WVhat'I claim as my invention, and de she to secure'by Letters Patent is 1. A perambulator, baby carriage or like vehicle havingfa handle member, al-ink arranged adj aeentthe handle member, a Wheel engaging member operatively connected to V the "bottom end of the link a lever pivoted Such an arrange-V to the handle member and tozthe' top end pairs and operatively connected to theframe, a handle member 'operative-ly "connee'ted to the frame and extending radially V with respect to the axis of one pair of Wheels [a .member extending substantially parallel with the handle, Wheel engaging device at the bottom end thereof, andlinks connecting said members to" the handle men'iber so that one end of one of saidlinks may be brought over a dead center position to retain'said Wheelengaging device, in engagement withthe heel, one of S2LHEl"ll-11l-ZS including an extension forming a lever to actuate said member extending substantial 'ly parallel with said handle.

n I r o. A p eranlbulator, baby carriage, orlzko vehi ole, h-avin g' \vneelengagn'ig '-1neans comprisinga'hand lever pivotedto the handle proper ott the vehicle a link adapted to ongage the Wheel at its"onegeiztremity and pivoted} to the hand lever at its other extremity, and an intermediateLpivotal linlc connecting such link tothe handle proper.

'4. A peran'ibn'lator, baby carriage or like ve'hicle'having a frame, WllGGlS arranged in pairs and one of said pairsbeing resiliently mounted with respect toth'e frame, a. handle member operative'ly connectedto the frame and extending radially with respect tosaid resiliently mounted pair of Wheels, amem- 1 her extending substantially parallel Wltll -the ha-ndle,"-a Wheel engaging element at the bottom end, thereof, a lever piroted-"to the top end tof-saidlnember andtosaid handlemember and adapted to -be brought 2 over aidead center position with respect to a line throughthe "P011111 of engagement'with the .wheel and the point of pivot, of the lever with said handle member so thatithe resilient mounted :pa-ir of vvheels act to hold said member in' this position, and means operativellyr connecting the 'otherjend of said member With said handle member.

7 In Witness whereof I have hereunto my hand.

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